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✦ Historic site
Woundell Beck medieval settlement, associated field system and cairnfield 890m west of Low Gillerthwaite
12 ha
Getting here
54.51386, -3.34439
Best for
4 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Hiking
Free72%Named hiking route nearby: Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap)
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
5
3 named nearby · 2 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
3
3 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
11
11 public paths
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Pillar Trail from Wasdale Head, North Lakes Outdoors · Walking12 km
Lakes & Dales Loop · Cycling0
Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap) · Walking0
Buttermere to Rannerdale Walk, North Lakes Outdoors · Walking4.8 km
Main Route · Cycling
Galloway Bridge · bridleway
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Gillerthwaite and Dodsgill Beck medieval settlements, associated field systems and cairnfields 790m ENE and 370m north-east of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site1.7 km→✦Shieling settlement close to the mouth of Scale BeckHistoric site4.4 km→✦Smithy Beck prehistoric cairnfield, charcoal burning sites, a bloomery and associated earthworks 1.97km WNW of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site1.2 km→✦Prehistoric cairnfield and a Romano-British farmstead and its associated field system 1.24 km ESE of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site2 km→✦Smithy Beck settlement: Latterbarrow longhouse 860m north west of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site700 m→✦Smithy Beck settlement 1.10km north-west of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site900 m→